Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a lyricist and a Hollywood film producer.

graduated from Bronx High School of Science and majored in acting/theater at Boston University. As a singer/songwriter, he released "Shoot for the Moon", on Polydor Records backed by Van Morrison's band. Recently released a CD of children's songs entitled "Songman and the Songland Band".

Rose Caiola is the conceiver and co-bookwriter of Freckleface Strawberry The Musical, the world premiere of which she produced Off-Broadway at New World Stages.

In addition to writing the best-selling _x001c_ Freckleface Strawberry_x001d_ , Moore is author of the book series which also includes _x001c_ Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully_x001d_ . A third book is due out in 2011.

LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of over fifty children's books, with titles including the best-selling "Freckleface Strawberry" series with Julianne Moore, God's Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as well as her own self-authored Big Sister, Little Sister.

Mo Willems is all about letting imaginations run wild. He is the beloved artist and author behind #1 NYT bestselling and Caldecott Honors-awarded picture books like Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Katie founded Classics on a Shoestring on the London Fringe in the late 1980s, directing Gorki s Vassa Zheleznova, Arden of Faversham and Euripides' Women of Troy (Gate Theatre, both won Time Out Awards); Live Like Pigs (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs), and

The National, founded in 1963, and established on the South Bank in London in 1976, is central to the creative life of the UK.